Altria sent me a cease and desist letter for including a picture here, so it’s gone now, lol. First their freebie catches fire, then they spend a bunch of money trying to pretend it never happened!

Well here’s a first for me. The Marlboro 3-in-1 tool from January is being recalled due to safety concerns. Apparently it had a hidden feature which caused the matches inside to spontaneously spark and catch fire. Turns out people don’t like the idea of their pockets randomly erupting into flames, even if it’s timed perfectly to get out of a boring work meeting or semester exam.

If you received the 3-in-1 Flashlight in any other way, please call us at 888-597-5387 and we can arrange for a return kit with instructions to be sent to you. After we receive the compass cap, we will send you another premium item of equal or greater value in return.

I’m interested to see what this premium item might be! I’m guessing a hand-held fan that secretly turns on at night and slices your hair.

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I didn’t turn mine in. I have a few match holders and no spontaneous combustion in any of them including the Marlboro 3-in-1. To date, no issues. I’m keeping it. I keep the sponge between the striker and the matches. Unless there’s a little demon inside there’s no way they can strike and catch fire.

I sent it in because my wife kept on nagging at me..now i have a flashlight with no top and no word from Marlboro, there’s a sponge in between, how the hell is it going to start a fire!! I want the compass back..we will be lucky to get anything back, it has been awhile sense we returned it…

For everyone’s inquiries, it DOES explode. My fiance and I were one of the 11. And we didn’t touch it once time but to check and see if it worked. Then left it on our dresser. He came in one night, while I was sleeping, and it was hissing. No moving it up and down, shaking it, removing the sponge, all as stated. It WAS/IS a fire hazard. If he would not have came in the room, it would have caught the WOOD dresser on fire for sure. Meanwhile, our daughter is sleeping in the room next to us. He… Read more »

Misspelling words, misusing syntax, etc. is an insult to some Asian cultures, so when you laugh at the stupidity of misspelled and absurd statements in product manuals, remember that this is an intentional insult, implying that to take time to correct the mistakes is not worth it with our inferior language and culture.

after trying to recreate a scenario in which this could have happened, I determined that the only way this could have happened is if someone placed the cap partially on and then flipped it upside down so that the matches tip struck the pad, or they placed the foam under the matches and then screwed the cap on. The matches simply aren’t long enough to reach that strike pad in the cap.No one turns a bottle of pop upside down when replacing the cap- so some drunk idiot thought ” why not?” This is why I hate people.

I sent the cap in for the next goodie. The flashlight works fine without the cap but it uses expensive button batteries. You can get free LED flashlights from Harbor Freight that use cheap AAA batteries from Costco. The foam plug keeps anything you want to store inside, you could add a cork, rubber stopper or tape.

Just keep the spongy bit in it and it will be fine. When you open the compass cap you will see the striking pad on the inside, and a sponge and the matches below. I bet people removed the sponge so that the matches hit the striking pad.

Here’s the scoop. Just take the matches out and use it to store gum, M&M’s, aspirin, etc. LOL Washington • About 365,000 multiuse flashlights distributed during a cigarette promotion are being recalled due to a fire hazard that can occur when matches inside the device ignite. Altria Group Distribution said Thursday that it has received 11 reports of matches igniting inside the flashlight and two reports of explosions. One person reported minor burns and another received treatment for injuries to the hand, the company said. The flashlight was distributed this year through March as part of a Marlboro promotion. Altria… Read more »

I got three of these. I’m going to turn in the top on one of them, to see what I get. I just covered the end of that one with electrical tape. The flashlight on it is a good one and works without the compass so no big deal.

Instead of the flashlight, they sent me a metal bottle opener with screws to mount it on a wood surface. We will install it on our deck. The flashlight looked like more fun, except for the bursting into flames part.

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